NUTS-3 FRK22 · France
Ardèche
Export region data (CSV)Ardèche generates €9.7bn of GDP across 336.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 53.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (95th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (31.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
53.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.6
Livability62.3
Market access41
Economic scale58
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability54
Labour stability84
Diversification56
Demographic stability71
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
49
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
Airport access9
Market access41
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
89.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary95
Lifelong learning81
Knowledge workers95
Scientists & engineers88
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
62.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy38.5
Jobs31.5
Education89.5
Health95
Safety45.3
Connectivity74
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
51.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 26.6%Diversified · HHI 2216
Agriculture 2.7%Industry 24.7%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 13.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.7%Public · health · education 26.6%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,633M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€230M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,131M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,367M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — construction (F)
€585M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,168M
2024 · EU pctl 41
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,600
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 27
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,700
2024 · EU pctl 34
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€66,409M
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€8,444M
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€150,675M
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,563M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — information & communication (J)
€62M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,221M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,298M
2024 · EU pctl 66
Labour market
Employment, total persons
115,800
2024 · EU pctl 49
Self-employed persons
20,600
2024 · EU pctl 58
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,100
2024 · EU pctl 49
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.4%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,504
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise births
3,219
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise deaths
2,688
2023 · EU pctl 75
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
2023 · EU pctl 73
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.6%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
49.4%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
60.1%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
17.4%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.6%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,739,813
2025 · EU pctl 89
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,542
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,349
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
115
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
193,229
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged 65+
91,372
2025 · EU pctl 70
Population aged under 15
52,158
2025 · EU pctl 68
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.3%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Crude rate of total population change
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
2,466
2024 · EU pctl 62
Deaths
4,045
2024 · EU pctl 65
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.3%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.57
2024 · EU pctl 84
Population density (persons per km²)
61 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 23
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
512 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
771 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
204 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
306 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,054 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
850 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
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